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Gain a competitive edge with trusted global market data and analysis on the television technology ecosystem. This service features our proprietary set-top box market trackers and databases that quantify the market for set-top boxes, TV sets, set-top box software, and content security in 80+ countries across the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Middle East and Africa.

The IHS Markit Set-top Box Intelligence vendor relationships database contains a record of which Set-top Box vendors are currently working with which pay TV operators, on a by-operator basis, for over 80 countries and over 500 operations.

This report analyses mobile operator video strategies and opportunities, analysing the performance and strategies of the 25 leading operators globally. It also includes regional case studies and consumer survey analysis.

Mobile World Congress 2018 was a relatively quiet year for consumer apps and services developments, with operators and network vendors instead focusing on accelerating 5G trials and early stage deployments. This analysis also includes the latest on AI and digital assistants, payments, and VR.

Amazon has partnered with UK-based mobile carrier billing vendor Bango to enable its Japanese retail store customers to charge transactions to their mobile phone bills.
At launch, Amazon will support billing for customers of NTT Docomo and Au (KDDI), which claim a combined total of over 120m subscriptions accounting for around 75% of the Japanese market according to IHS Markit data.

AI was everywhere at Mobile World Congress 2017 with device makers, OS platforms, app developers, operators and vendors pushing a range of different solutions and AI-enabled experiences. Advertising, payments and billing, and location companies were also well presented at the mobile industry's annual event.

Google's Android Pay expanded to five new markets during Q4 2016, which is more than Samsung Pay and Apple Pay, but Apple was still the leader for global expansion by the end of 2016. Retailers and online shopping platforms have stepped up their mobile payment activities.

Google has followed Apple by launching its Android Pay mobile payments service in Japan after Apple Pay’s debut in October 2016. To launch in Japan, Apple had to make sure its devices are compatible with FeliCa – the local contactless technology developed by Sony. Apple has designed its iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2 sold in Japan to support FeliCa Type-F NFC contactless technology. This will allow Apple Pay users to pay for in-store shopping and public transportation with Suica - the prepaid card.

As Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay were continually focusing on global expansion to further increase their user adoption during Q3 2016; operators and banks started to react to competitive threats with own brand mobile payments services.

Enabling payments is crucial for Messaging app platform strategies. Major messaging apps have launched mobile payments services in recent years, such as Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, WeChat and Line.This report focuses on the evolution, development strategies and challenges of messaging app payments services.

LG Electronics and Samsung will begin shipments of 55 inch OLED TVs during the first half on 2013, and plan to launch curved models in the second half, while Japanese manufacturers Sony and Panasonic get one step ahead in technological innovation with the introduction of 4K OLED TV prototypes.
Demonstrations of up-scaling technology for UHD TVs prove that lack of native 4K content may not be such a problem after all. Smart TV models from major brands keep evolving.